#Locus the bat

[meanncat]

GASP! A SECOND drawing of Locus and Dr Starline in the same year? Blasphemous.

Anyway this spawned after me wanting to draw Starline's hair a mess..and promptly feeling bad for it. But now I wanna mess up his hair again.

[mcotherstuff]

First art of Dr Starline and my OC Locus...again forgot if I uploaded it here or not.

Been in the mood to draw these two dorks again.

[blasphemousclaw]

Hey do people need birth control in the Lands Between or

omg ok. I’ve actually been wondering this for a while. I’m about to write way more words than you probably expected

there’s a few weird references to fertility in the game but I think the most blatant is the hilarious removed item description for the turtle neck meat:

“A splendid, lengthy cut of turtle neck meat. […] Turtle meat is said to boost virility, but none in the Lands Between seem to have much appetite for it these days. In Lands Between. the urge to reproduce has waned long ago.”

so apparently in the lands between these days there’s no desire to reproduce. which makes sense as the entire land has been ravaged by war and most ordinary people have become shambling husks. lol

I do think though that in the game as a whole there’s a clear theme of a once fertile and plentiful age becoming stagnant: several item descriptions describe that the Erdtree once experienced an “age of plenty” that has since dried up:

“Talisman depicting a drop of the Erdtree's sap, a blessed boon. It was once thought that the blessed sap of the Erdtree would drip from its boughs forever — but that age of plenty swiftly came to a close, and with time, the Erdtree became more an object of faith.” (Blessed Dew Talisman)

Sap is the lifeblood of the tree, carrying nutrients as the tree grows new buds in the spring… it’s associated with a time of growth. Then, after the age of plenty ended, came the Erdtree’s seeds, and its offspring:

“A golden seed, found at the base of an illusory tree. […] When the Elden Ring was shattered, these seeds flew from the Erdtree, scattering across the various lands, as if life itself knew that its end has come.” (Golden Seed)

“The Erdtree was once perfect and eternal, and thus was it believed that Erdtree seeds could not exist.” (Seed Talismans)

“Ceremonial staff depicting the Erdtree in its historic radiance. Wielded by the avatars who protect the Minor Erdtrees. The avatars, emerging in the wake of the Elden Ring's shattering, were determined to protect the withering Erdtree's offspring.” (Staff of the Avatar)

We see this exact theme reflected in Marika and her offspring: it begins with Queen Marika the Eternal (Eternal as the Erdtree was once thought to be), who produces a lineage of offspring that end up bringing about the ruin of the Shattering wars (just as the Erdtree seeds were thought to herald the ends times). Marika’s once powerful lineage has begun to fizzle out, with Godrick, an aged and frail man, being the last of the lineage. Essentially, the Lands Between are past their age of growth, expansion, and reproduction, and the Erdtree now withers.

Regarding reproduction, we also have this interesting song sung in Latin by the chanting winged dames (aka the singing bat ladies):

“O, locus ille, beatus quondam, nunc deminuit. Nos, destinatae matribus, nunc fiunt turpes. Ploravimus lacrimavimusque, sed nemo nos consolatur. Aureum cui irascebaris?”

“Alas, that land, once blessed, now has dimished. We, destined to be mothers, now become tarnished. We have lamented and we have shed tears. But no one consoles us. Golden one, at whom were you angry?”

The first line clearly refers to the Lands Between losing their vitality after the Shattering, and the last line wonders why Marika shattered the elden ring in the first place. But the bat ladies lament how what happened to the Lands Between made them unable to be mothers… why? it’s possible that the withering of the Erdtree which I just talked about also had a parallel effect on other beings’ vitality and fertility in the Lands Between, causing mass infertility? who knows

so DO you need birth control in the lands between? unclear. but maybe use it anyway just in case

[zahri-melitor]

DC Power 2024: Finally sat down to read this because I’d been holding off on it due to the Far Sector epilogue.

I’m going to look at writers again too, as a casual comparison to the seasonal anthologies. My first impression is that there was more variation in story length than some of the other anthologies: on top of a 13 page epilogue, the anthology had a mix 8 page and 10 page stories, while it’s been standardising to 10 page pitches for the seasonals.

Enduring Farewells (N.K. Jemisin): In terms of the story, this was a lovely little cap on the run. Loved the surprise party, the baking discussion, and Jo and John getting to bond a bit.

Looks like they’re popping it into the deluxe trade, which makes sense – might as well keep all the parts together. (This is a thing I’m seeing DC collections do more often when a story is spread through various places, and they should be applauded for it and encouraged to continue: the Tim Drake: Robin trades have the entire Meghan Fitzwilliam storyline)

N.K. Jemisin is a multi-Hugo, Nebula and Locus winning novelist who was specifically recruited to do Far Sector. I think her translation between formats has been pretty solid.

The Spice of Life (Cheryl Lynn Eaton): this is part of Pierce family arc that’s been going on for a bit leading into the current Black Lightning run, where Anissa’s having issues with her powers. I haven’t actually clean read the storyline through, but it’s been ticking along in various anthologies since 2021 or so? Look, this is definitely one of those stories where I felt like a complete cultural outsider lacking a chunk of context, and the story is too slight to pick it up. Which is fine, this anthology is absolutely not aimed at me; I just wonder if the cohort for who it is aimed at find it compelling or heavy handed.

Cheryl Lynn Eaton has been getting more Marvel work than DC, but is largely getting published in Voices/Power stuff. She did get a Black Panther event tie-in mini last year that seems to have got solid reviews.

Pit Stop (Lamar Giles): I honestly can’t believe that we’re getting Bloodwynd stories in the 21st century, let alone LEGACY BLOODWYND stories, but then I’ve never actually got my head around and read the entire situation back in the 90s Justice League. My understanding of what was going on was limited to approximately “this is something involving Martian Manhunter identities, and I know it’s complicated”. I’m happy for all the Bloodwynd fans out there that they got new material.

Lamar Giles’ one other comics work is the Static teen graphic novel for DC. As is common for people on that pathway, he has a substantial bibliography of YA novels over the last decade.

Pure Blackness (John Ridley): Ridley’s annual contribution to this title was an Earth-2 Val-Zod story. It was a very ‘let’s tell the origin story’ tale. It felt very much exactly like how he likes to tell a story. I don’t have a lot to say about it, really? Feels a bit like a swipe at Absolute Superman, except it was written probably before the pitches for that were even delivered.

Ridley of course has extensive comics credits with DC and multiple ongoings, among his other achievements.

Lost at Sea (Deron Bennett): okay this was a fun piece of horror. I am meaning to get to more Aqua stuff, and I don’t fully understand the emotions between Black Manta and Jackson, but I will say, given Black Manta’s most famous moments, him being essentially framed for killing kids clearly has some schadenfreude to it, particularly when he got OUTRAGED that someone would to that to him. I WONDER WHY PEOPLE MIGHT TRY THAT, BLACK MANTA. I am completely unaware of how accepting Manta is towards Jackson’s sexuality but this was positing that he’s supportive? Ish? Hmmmm.

Deron Bennett is a DC letterer (he’s done a lot of work for the Bat office since Rebirth, particularly on Batman, Batwoman, Green Arrow and Batgirl) and this is his first work as a writer. I think it was a very respectable opening story. He got to team up with Denys Cowan, which certainly helped make the story look good.

The Session (Shawn Martinbrough): I was all set to add this to my collection of ‘DC psychologists you should be using in stories as superhero psychs’ except it rapidly entered the ‘DC psychologists are the enemy, again’ zone. That aside, love every time people have Crispus Allen and Renee Montoya in stories together. Obviously this sent in the past, probably pre-Flashpoint, as this is incredibly Allen’s first appearance since 2011. Which. WHAT?

Shawn Martinbrough has a three decade career in comics, however the majority of his work has been over in the art side. His other DC writing credits are on Red Hood and Red Hood: The Hill.

The Natural Order (Alitha Martinez): This was a cute Nubia story! Pity about Mxy being in it but I’m just generally not a fan of 5th dimension imps at any time.

This is Alitha’s first story as a writer with DC, however she’s worked as a penciller and inker on a number of projects, most notably on the earlier Nubia minis, so she’s certainly across the character.

Jump Shots & Loose Watts (Jarrett Williams):this was a promotional story for Speed Force, essentially. As such, it had the exact same sort of tone as Speed Force, and on top of that had the perky sort of ‘you, marginalised kid I am trying to relate to, you’re the REAL hero not superheroes!’ tone that feels somewhat off base in this anthology, as given the price point I suspect it’s unlikely to end up in the hands of many marginalised Black teens and kids.  

Jarrett Williams, on top of writing Speed Force, has an substantial set of credits writing cartoon tie-in comics (there’s a lot of Rick and Morty in particular). The similar tone is noticeable.

Fair Play (Greg Burnham): it was nice to see a title actually starring Michael Holt for a change, as he’s been very relegated to a ‘call in tech support’ character for a while now.

Greg Burnham has a couple of other anthology credits with DC (one Halloween, one with Milestone Initiative), and a handful of indie comics titles.

The Light That Shines (Brandon Thomas): Duke goes hopping in time and talks to his older self to get a perk up. It’s apparently related to an earlier story Thomas wrote in Batman Black & White.

Brandon Thomas, along with Bryan Hill, are DC’s two major Duke writers since Scott Snyder stepped back from writing mainline stories. His work for DC also includes a lot of Jackson Hyde’s stories and the current Black Lightning run.

On balance, looking at this list of ten writers, I would say there are legitimately two who qualify for the tagline of “all star cast” (Jemisin and Ridley), plus Thomas having substantial writing credits with DC and Williams having a current mini when this came out. I’m delighted to see that they gave writing opportunities to three of their long term artists (Bennett, Martinbrough and Martinez). A lot of this list looks more like ‘offered opportunities’ rather than open to brand new pitches. I’d say the experience level is on average slightly higher than comparable seasonal anthologies.

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DC Power: Rise of the Power Company (2025): I think it’s worth noting that this is a substantially shorter anthology this year compared to 2023 or 2024. 2023 had 56 pages of story and 2024 had 95 pages. 2025’s entry only manages 40 pages, however the one particularly notable thing about those 40 is that 3 of the 4 stories feel prepped or related to current or solicited storylines. As such, it feels less like an annual celebration anthology and more like an event anthology.

The writing team is Brandon Thomas, Zipporah Smith, John Jennings and Vita Ayala. It’s Jennings’ first DC story, but Smith has been turning her hand to a diverse range of characters in shorts, and Thomas and Ayala have substantial credits.

Company Man (Brandon Thomas): This is just set up for future Black Lightning and Power Company storylines, surely? If you’re reading either of those, you should probably be dipping into this to check on the framing happening. It would probably be a better story if it wasn’t clearly doing a lot of heavy lifting to move pawns into place.

Ring of Power (Zipporah Smith): Mari gets to team up with EVERYONE, it feels like. Can’t escape being a supporting character, but wow do people like using her to showcase others. This is a nice check in on what’s happening with Malik White.

Unfinished Business (John Jennings): Jo Mullein and Vic doing stuff with the new Justice League satellite. Like all of the current Justice League-entangled stories, I’m sort of waiting to find out if we do have an overarching plot here or if it’s just setting vibes that everyone is being asked to use. It’s cute but fairly insubstantial.

Dynamic Duo (Vita Ayala): look, I’ll be honest; I haven’t been particularly impressed with Ayala’s voices and characterisation when writing various Bat characters. I don’t mind the Duke voice here too much (though it’s quite perky for Duke), but it felt Wow Are We Black Bat Characters, Have You Noticed We Are Both Black? Which, firstly, please have someone finally let Duke and Luke actually meet on page, both of them clearly want to get to know the other. Also it felt like a lot of heavy handed commentary on how partitioned off Ridley’s been keeping Jace Fox.

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🗞️📖 Bookish News 📖🗞️

🦇 Extra, extra. Read all about it! 📖 Good evening, bookish bats! A lot happened in the publishing industry last month, but here are a few highlights you may have missed!

Adaptations Jennifer Lopez's production company and Netflix - Emily Henry's Happy Place Laika (Travis Knight directing) - Susanna Clarke's Piranesi Universal (Taika Waititi directing?) - Percival Everett's James We Were Liars adds Rahul Kohli to the cast Patrick Dempsey and Sarah Michelle Gellar have joined the cast of the Dexter prequel, Original Sin Chris McKay to direct Brynne Weaver’s Butcher and Blackbird Ayvan Williams, Jessica Belkin & Savannah Lee Smith casted for Becky Albertalli's The Upside of Unrequited First looks for Heartstopper S3 are out Apple TV - Laura Lippman's The Lady in the Lake Adult Swim - Anthony Bourdain’s graphic novel series, Get Jiro! UCP - Chris Witaker's All the Colors of the Dark The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - Barbara Robinson A24 - Jennifer Lawrence starring - Paul Rainey's Why Don't You Love Me? Netflix - Richard E. Grant and Tom Ellis casted for The Thursday Murder Club Sony - Michael Crichton and James Patterson's Eruption Renee Zellweger starring in 12 Months to Live Awesomeness - Melissa De La Cruz's Blue Bloods The Uglies adaptation has a release date after 18 years (September 13) The trailer for Elin Hilderbrand's The Perfect Couple is up Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea is being adapted into a graphic novel Prime - Colin Firth joins the cast of Young Sherlock Universal - Omid Scobie's Royal Spin Netflix - Bridgerton Season 4 lead announced Amazon - Fourth Wing series adaptation is a go Apple TV - The trailer for Pachinko! Season 2 is up An adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Nickel Boys will open the 62nd New York Film Festival Patton Oswalt’s comic book Minor Threats is being adapted into a live-action series HBO - Dune: Prophecy releases in November

Cover Reveals Babylonia - Costanza Casati The Get Off - Christa Faust The Ragpicker King - Cassandra Clare What Does It Feel Like - Sophie Kinsella Wake Up and Open Your Eyes - Clay McLeod Chapman Ageless - Renee Schaeffer The Thirteenth Child - Erin A. Craig Song So Wild and Blue: A Life With Joni Mitchell - Paul Lisicky The Meadowbrook Murders - Jessica Goodman On Her Terms - Amy Spalding Onyx Storm - Rebecca Yarros The River Has Roots - Amal El-Mohtar The Wind Weaver - Julie Johnson In Gad We Trust - Josh Gad The Life of Herod the Great - Zora Neale Hurston (posthumous) The Other People - CB Everett How My Neighbor Stole Christmas - Meghan Quinn

Upcoming Releases I Saw the TV Glow director Jane Schoenbrun has a debut novel coming out, Public Access Afterworld Carol Moseley Braun is writing a memoir, Trailblazer: Perseverance in Life and Politics New memoir by Hilary Rodham Clinton The Road is Good - Uzo Aduba Leo Martino Steals Back His Heart - Eric Geron Viola Davis is co-writing with James Patterson

News Macmillan is launching a "new adult fiction" imprint. The 2024 Locus Award winners were announced The 2024 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards were announced Nebula Award winners were announced Random House is buying Boom! Studios

[rubykgrant]

Summer Time! Rvb Characters at the Beach~

-Sarge is trying to get sunburned on PURPOSE so he'll be RED all over. After ignoring Doc's explanations regarding skin protection, O'Malley has filled up an extreme water-gun with sunblock, and Donut has to physically cover his own mouth with his hands because he doesn't trust himself to NOT accidentally say something about this situation that doesn't come out... wrong

-Simmons wore lots of sunblock from the beginning. He still got fried. When Grif takes a nap in the sand, Simmons builds an elaborate sand castle on top of him (Grif wakes up, and just starts suggesting using little sticks and shells to make a village around him. they're both having fun). Wash accidentally falls on it later, and Simmons calls him a big bully

-Donut was informed this was NOT a nude beach, and he has begrudgingly accepted this (he's still wearing the most minimal thing he could find, though). After chilling on a towel and catching some rays for a while, he decided to float around on an inflatable mattress in the ocean... he fell asleep and drifted away, then yelled about it "You all just watched me drift out to sea!? You were all just gonna let me go, good-bye Donut!?"

-Carolina is destroying some unsuspecting people at beach volleyball (remember Azula in the beach episode? she's that). Wash is determined to learn how to surf (he can skateboard, he should be able to do this, dang it!). Tex and Lopez are metal-detecting, and Church is collecting the "junk" they don't want (like cool bottles and smooth beach glass, like a bird finding shiny things), Doc is also helping find trash and recycling it

-Tucker and Caboose are playing "rock dive", in which they each find a big rock and jump off a cliff into the ocean, so they sink super fast, grab a handful of sand, and then swim back up to prove they touched down there. Wash is nearby, designated life-guard

-Kai is flirting her way into getting free icecream pops from new people that go by the icecream truck every hour (her brother is very jealous, she won't share)

-Locus is hiding over by a tidepool. All the little critters in there are neat (and Caboose joins him)

-Eventually everybody plays a game of "wave standing", where they see how long they can stand up waist-deep in the ocean, before waves eventually knock them over or pull them away from the shore (they're not in a riptide area or a spot with a dangerous undertow. still, Church gets swept away right off the bat)

[mybeautifulwifegojo]

I haven't got a title for this yet and it's still very much a rough draft but here is some Writing

Guide/Sentinel AU because I'm trash for this dynamic

~

“Shoko.”

The newly-appointed doctor looked up from writing a report to see her yearmate and best friend leaning heavily on her office door, his eyes squinted behind his dark glasses. He looked miserable.

“Headache’s worse,” Satoru said shortly.

Shoko pursed her lips, frowning, and stood, walking over to place her fingertips against his forehead. He leaned into her touch gratefully, sighing in relief.

“Is it because of the Six Eyes?” she asked.

“Yeah,” Satoru said, eyes already drifting shut. The tension in his forehead and jaw eased as Shoko used her power to pull away the strain of overstimulation, synthesizing it into calm, peace, reassurance. “I think I might be reaching the point where I need to wear a blindfold. Glasses aren’t cutting it anymore; I can see fucking photons now, Shoko-chan. Not all the time, but… often enough.”

“Is that normal?” she asked, shocked. “Being able to see particles and atoms and such?”

“Unfortunately, yes. The older I get, the more I’ll see. The oldest recorded bearer of the Six Eyes gouged them out of her own skull at fifty years old because she couldn’t sleep anymore, even with metal plates sewn into her blindfold. Luckily we don’t tend to live much longer than thirty, so I probably won’t reach that point. For now, I just need more than sunglasses.” Satoru sighed again and hugged Shoko tightly. “Thanks for helping with the headache. Sorry to interrupt you for silly shit.”

“It’s not silly, Satoru.” Shoko returned the embrace, rubbing his back lightly. She could count his vertebrae and feel his ribs through his clothes. “You should be eating more.”

“Not hungry,” he muttered.

“Look, I know it’s only been three years since… but you have to take better care of yourself. Find a Guide you can bond with, maybe. I can help if you want.”

“No. Absolutely not.” Satoru let go, stepped back, hitched on an incredibly fake smile. “I’m fine for now, but thanks for worrying about me.”

Shoko nodded. They’d had this argument enough times before. It wasn’t worth it to push. “Eat more. I don’t care what. Gorge yourself on cake and candy if that’s what it takes. But just… get nutrients into your body. You need the energy. Please, Satoru? For my sake if not your own?”

He scowled, but slumped in defeat and nodded. “Okay. For you,” he agreed. “So you can stop worrying.”

“Thanks. Sleep well, Satoru.”

“You too, Shoko.”

~\0/~

Bright.

Loud.

People. People all over. Too many. Too much danger. Everything… too…

Guide. Close by. Down a quiet street. He had to get to them. That locus of calm, a beacon of safety, a point of rest.

Bright. Loud. Escape, like a wounded animal.

Too bright.

Too loud.

Car coming at ten kilometers an hour, weighing 1,379 kilograms, containing four people with a combined weight of 105 kilograms, steady speed, not deadly but certainly enough to hurt him—no it was not a threat, not a threat, not a threat.

Bright, loud, bright, loud, bright, loud—where was the Guide? He needed—he needed them to—

Here. Here, the Guide was here, in this house. He slapped his palm clumsily against the doorbell. Too loud. He could hear it from outside the door.

The door opened. The Guide stood there.

The Guide… was a tiny child.

He made a small, desolated noise and mumbled, “But you’re a baby,” before he fainted.

~\0/~

Somehow, Yuji caught the strange man as he fell, and yelled frantically over his shoulder, “Grandpa! Grandpa, help!”

His grandfather rushed down the stairs, a dented aluminum baseball bat in one gnarled hand, but froze when he saw that Yuji was supporting the torso of an unconscious man. “Yuji, what—” he began, bewildered.

“I don’t know!” Yuji interrupted. “He just—he just fell, I think he’s hurt, Grandpa we have to call an ambulance!”

Grandpa helped him get the stranger to the sofa, where the old man and the frightened child managed to get him arranged more or less without any twisted limbs. Yuji tried to step away from the stranger, but his hand latched on to Yuji’s wrist, and somehow, Yuji knew that if he broke free, the man would suffer.

“He isn’t bleeding,” Grandpa muttered, inspecting the man suspiciously. “Doesn’t smell like alcohol, either.” Then he noticed how the man was gripping his grandson’s arm, and how Yuji was staring at that scrunched, pained face. “Yuji. Is he one of those special people?”

Yuji nodded, his gaze still riveted on the stranger’s face. This was not the first stranger to seek him out and cling to him, but it was the first time they’d been in such bad shape that they’d passed out. Odd that they always seemed to either wear similar dark uniforms with large brass buttons or be very scary—or, like this man, both at once. But, since he was not the first, Yuji knew what he needed to do.

The ten-year-old boy shuffled closer and put his hands on either side of the strange adult man’s face, ignoring how the man’s arm wrapped loosely around his waist. The man’s breathing was ragged and loud, but steady. He smelled of dry blood, but also expensive cologne, and a little bit like sour candy. Sight, touch, sound, smell… yes, this was enough. Yuji could fix him.

Dad had sung, because Dad had had a good voice and liked music. Yuji recited stories.

“In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit,” he began, keeping his volume low and his tone soft, almost but not quite a whisper. “Not a dirty, nasty, wet hole, full of the ends of worms and an oozy smell; nor yet a bare, dry, sandy hole, with nothing to sit down on or to eat. This hole was a hobbit hole, and that meant comfort.”

He recited the entire first chapter of The Hobbit, word for word, and watched the stranger’s face carefully. The grimace of pain eased away; the furrowed brow smoothed. By the time Yuji reached the end, the stranger was simply asleep. No longer in pain, no longer afraid, no longer lost and confused.

Yuji, however, was exhausted, and felt like he was going to cry. He’d never felt this awful after helping someone. Maybe that was why the man had passed out, though. Yuji removed his hands from the man’s face and backed away, and sat on the coffee table with a thump, like a puppet being dropped.

“I have his phone,” Grandpa said, calling Yuji’s attention. “I’ll call the last person in his contacts. Go to bed, Yuji. You’ve done what you can.”

“No I haven’t,” Yuji said frankly, frowning. “He’s still all torn up inside. I can feel it. Just ‘cause he’s asleep doesn’t mean he’s not still hurt.”

Grandpa smacked Yuji upside the head lightly, making him squeak. “Yes, but you can’t fix everyone, you fool. Go to bed. Rest. You can finish helping him tomorrow before school.”

Yuji sighed, hugged his grandfather tightly, and went to his room. He hoped the man stayed the night. He didn’t like thinking about who might hurt him in his current state.

~\0/~

Shoko frowned at her cellphone. Had Satoru ever called her on a mission? Something must truly be wrong.

“Hey, dumbass, what scrape have you gotten into this time?” she asked as she answered, trying to sound casual. If she answered with worry, he might lie and act like he was fine.

After a strange pause, a very old voice said cautiously, “Are you Shoko?”

Her spine straightened. “That depends entirely on who you are,” she replied coldly, her heart pounding in alarm. “How did you get Satoru’s phone from him?”

“Ah. Well… I am Itadori Wasuke. The owner of this mobile is currently passed out on my sofa. He appears to be ill, but luckily my grandson was able to help him.”

“Ill?” Shoko stood and headed for the door. “Not injured?”

“No, not that I can tell.”

“Your grandson was able to help him, though?” She bit her lip as she tried to think of any sorcerers on the payroll with the last name Itadori… none, none at all. “Is he a Guide?”

“A what?” Wasuke asked blankly. “He just has a knack for calming people down.”

Her heart sank, even as she began to run down the hall to the garage. There was no time for the train, and she had never been good at warping to places she hadn’t been before. “He’s a child, isn’t he? Elementary age.”

“How did you know that?”

“If he were older, he’d be registered. Where is he? Is he alright? If Satoru is passed out, please check on your grandson and make sure that he’s safe. I’ll be in Sendai in a few minutes.”

“You don’t even have our addr—”

Shoko hung up and sprinted the rest of the way. If Satoru had zoned so bad that he’d passed out, something truly awful must have happened. She might have to erase the child’s memory. There was no way an untrained child could pull Satoru of all people from a zone without being damaged.

In the car, Shoko put her phone on speaker and called Ijichi. When he picked up, sounding flustered, she cut across him, “Sorry to bother you, Ijichi-kun, but Satoru zoned, and an unregistered Guide found him. Can you search the Sendai records for an Itadori? They’ll be young, not yet sixteen.”

“Of course, Ieiri-san,” Ijichi replied, all cool efficiency now that he knew the situation. Such a pity that he wasn’t strong enough to be a sorcerer—he kept his head just as well as Nanami, and was twice as tactful. But he was also too good a leader and too incredible at managing to do solo work like sorcery. “Sendai, Itadori, under sixteen. Ah—yes, there is one. A ten-year-old boy. Do you need his address?”

“Please.”

Ijichi rattled it off, and Shoko nodded to herself. That was close to where Satoru’s mission had been. He hadn’t gone far before sensing the Guide. Good. She spared a thought for that poor child, presumably overwhelmed by a strange Sentinel’s zoning; even she couldn’t quite handle Satoru when it got bad, and they were dear friends. She knew that man’s brain better than he did. A little kid, untrained and unknown? She really hoped his grandfather could keep him safe and calm until she got there.

Sendai was far quieter than Tokyo at ten o’clock, but Shoko was still forced to slow down and obey traffic laws. By the time she reached the small, sleepy neighborhood, her teeth hurt from clenching her jaw. Parking on the street, she got out of the car and strode to the door. She could sense Satoru, alright, but… she hesitated, her hand raised to press the doorbell. He didn’t feel zoned. His emotions were calmed… calmer than she’d ever managed to get them.

And the young Guide wasn’t panicking or suffering.

Shoko rang the bell. The door opened in a few minutes, and a tiny old man with a sour expression eyed her critically.

“Itadori Wasuke, I assume?” Shoko asked.

“Yes. He’s still asleep.”

“Good. Your grandson?”

“Also asleep. It’s past his bedtime.”

Shoko frowned, but shook her head. No need to worry if the boy was fine. Satoru was her priority right now. “Alright. May I come in, please? I need to get Satoru back home, and it’ll be easier if I can wake him up.”

“Of course. Please make yourself at home.”

She didn’t really take in the physical appearance of the home, but she did note that the amount of cursed energy was unusually low, and the number of familiar residuals unusually high. She even recognized Mei-san and Utahime-senpai’s signatures, faintly. But overwhelming all of them was Satoru, calmer than he’d been in years, and deeply asleep, sprawled on the sofa.

Shoko knelt next to him, licked her pinky, and stuck the wet digit in his ear.

Satoru jerked awake with a squeal of shock. Shoko ducked his clumsy slap easily, and asked, “How are you feeling?”

“Uh?” Satoru blinked at her, confused. Then his eyes widened, and a look of horror crossed his face. “Oh… fuck. I zoned.”

“Yes, but luckily Itadori-san’s grandkid found you. So--”

“He didn’t.” Satoru sat up, rubbing his face with both hands. “I came to him.”

“...What?”

“I could sense him from across the city,” Satoru said, slightly impatient. “But he’s just a kid. Fuck, is he alright? Did I…”

“He’s fine,” Wasuke interrupted, frowning as Satoru and Shoko both looked at him. “Why are you both so fussed? He’s young, but his father taught him well. This is the first time anyone has sought him out at home, though.”

Shoko bit her lip. Then she asked, “Itadori-san, what do you know about Yuji’s… ability?”

“He inherited it from his father, my son,” Wasuke replied, his frown turning thoughtful. “Jin could calm a crying baby. Yuji can tell what others feel, break through killing rages, and has talked at least three people down from suicide. He’s never been as tired as he was after fixing this one, but he’s bound to have limits. You know more, though.”

“Yes.” Shoko glanced to Satoru. Satoru looked back, made a face, nodded. Shoko turned back to Wasuke and explained, “Yuji is a Guide. Sort of like an empath. I’m a Guide, too, as well as a doctor. It’s highly unusual for a child, especially a young one with no formal training, to be able to pull a Sentinel like Satoru out of a zone without suffering some form of psychological backlash. But… this isn’t the first time he’s done so?”

“No.” Wasuke stroked his chin. “There was that older boy with a scar over his eye and a strange hairstyle, and the woman with blue hair who gave him 600 yen. Lots of people have dropped by the house and told me they’ve met him and wanted to repay his kindness. So far it’s just little things, food and toys and pocket-money; but I am worried for him. He’s too kind. One day he may end up helping someone who won’t be good.”

After a moment, Wasuke asked, “Do you train these… Guides?”

“Not us,” Satoru said softly, “But we graduated from a school that does. We can put in a request that he be considered for enrollment.”

Wasuke nodded, looking relieved. “If you could, I would be grateful,” he said. “Did you want to speak to him? You’ll have to come back tomorrow afternoon; he has school, and I’m not waking him up again.”

“I did, yes,” Shoko said. “May I come by at four?”

While she and Itadori Wasuke discussed when she should come, how long she should stay, and what she should talk to Yuji about (Wasuke insisted Shoko stay for dinner, as thanks for checking on Yuji; Shoko insisted that it wasn’t necessary, any Guide with half a heart would want to make sure he was alright), Satoru put on his glasses and paced the living room, hands in his pockets. When all was decided, the two sorcerers thanked Wasuke and said good night, and left the house. As they were walking to the car, a sleepy young voice called, “Wait! Wass’yer name?”

Shoko turned, surprised, to see a tiny boy with reddish-blond hair and truly enormous eyes hanging out the window, squinting blearily at Satoru. Satoru himself flinched, before hitching on a friendly smile, turning, and answering, “Gojo Satoru. Thanks for your help, Yuji-kun.”

The boy grinned. “You’re welcome, Gojo Satoru,” he replied. “Come back some time! Grandpa makes the best chicken meatballs!”

“I will,” Satoru promised, still smiling.

“Yuji! Get back in bed! You have school tomorrow!”

The boy waved one last time and closed his window. Shoko and Satoru got into the car. Shoko drove much more sedately, and glanced often at her friend. His smile had vanished as soon as the boy couldn’t see him anymore, and now he looked… haunted.

“Would telling me what happened help?” Shoko asked softly.

“Yeah,” Satoru murmured promptly, startling her. “It wasn’t that difficult of a mission. Curses are always easier to exorcise when they’re newly born. But… there were witnesses. Some stupid teenagers getting drunk in the basement. I tried to get them to leave, but they wouldn’t listen, so I thought I’d just herd the curse up to the top floor, away from them. It smashed through seven stories to get to them.” Satoru closed his eyes tightly; Shoko kept her hands on the wheel, even though the rising tide of grief beside her plucked at her attention like a needy child.

“Any survivors?” she whispered.

“No,” Satoru croaked. “I managed to kill the damn thing before it could disfigure the bodies, though. Fuck. I was so stupid, Shoko.”

Shoko pulled over, flicked on the car’s hazard lights, and pulled Satoru into a hug, stroking his hair soothingly. He crumpled against her, breathing harshly. She really couldn’t think of anything to say that would make him feel better; it had been stupid to simply leave those teenagers alone, and it had been arrogant of him to think he could exorcise the curse before it took advantage of its placement directly above helpless children. Grief and shame must be what had tipped him into a zone; Limitless would’ve negated physical stimuli, and Satoru’s hearing was selective at best.

The emotions were overwhelming—but, oddly enough, Satoru wasn’t re-triggered into another zone. Shoko frowned slightly to herself.

“Satoru,” she said slowly, “How far away were you from that boy, Yuji?”

“I don’t know,” he replied dully. “It was at least a mile. I was trying to find the manager who lowered the veil, but…”

Shoko bit her lip, and pressed her face to his hair. She didn’t like the implication of that. A Guide that powerful was the perfect match for Satoru, truly—but Itadori Yuji was only ten. It would be unspeakably cruel to snatch him away from his life here and sequester him at Jujutsu Tech until he was old enough, and trained enough, to bond with Satoru.

But… others had visited him. Others knew him. Why didn’t she and Satoru?

“We both need sleep,” Shoko sighed. “I know the council will want you to write your report while it’s still fresh, but as your doctor and assigned Guide, I think you need to be in bed as soon as possible.”

“You’re not the boss of me,” Satoru grumbled, and Shoko giggled.

Upon returning to Tokyo, the two sorcerers grabbed a midnight snack from a corner store and ate in one of the school’s courtyards, silent with exhaustion. Then they went to bed. Shoko hugged Satoru in the hall before they split in opposite directions to their rooms.

“Tomorrow, when you go see Itadori,” Satoru whispered, “Can… can you tell him I said I’m sorry?”

“Yeah, I will.”

“Thank you.”

“No problem.”

~\0/~

In his dreams, he sat on the cool ground, his head on someone’s knee, as they read to him. Their hand stroked his hair soothingly. They felt like home. There was a thick, warm ribbon of trust and affection and quiet joy connecting their mind to his.

He knew this moment, this positioning. He’d been here before. With Suguru.

How could he bond with anyone, when there was still a raw, gaping wound in his soul where Suguru had been?

~\0/~

Gojo Satoru didn’t visit the next day, but the tired-looking lady in a doctor’s coat did. She introduced herself as Ieiri Shoko, and told Yuji that she had the same ability as him.

“Is that why I can’t tell what you’re feeling?” Yuji asked, tilting his head. It was very unusual for him to not know on sight what someone was feeling, and if they needed his help.

She smiled slightly and shook her head. “No, the reason you can’t tell is because I’m shielding,” she explained. “I don’t do it very often, but I’d rather not overwhelm you.”

“Okay,” Yuji said, even though he really didn’t understand. He got the feeling she was one of those adults who wasn’t used to explaining herself, and he wanted to be polite and not distress her when she was a guest. “How’s Gojo-san? Is he okay?”

“Satoru’s fine,” Shoko assured him. “This isn’t the first time he’s zoned so badly; he’s probably in bed, and he’d better be eating and staying hydrated or I’ll kick his—butt.”

“You can swear, it’s fine. Grandpa says bad words all the time.”

Shoko smiled wider. “What a funny kid you are,” she murmured. “Thanks, Yuji-kun. Satoru is fine, he knows what he’s doing. I’m here to ask how you are, though.”

“I’m fine, too,” Yuji said, frowning a little. “I was really tired last night, and sad, but sleeping helped.”

“That’s lovely and I promise I believe you, but it shouldn’t be possible. Yuji-kun, may I do a quick assessment of your mind? I won’t be able to read your thoughts. I just want to make sure you’re actually alright, and not just blocking off trauma, which will make life much harder for you when you’re older.”

Yuji sighed, but nodded. “Yeah, that’s fine.”

Shoko reached forward and rested her fingertips gently against his forehead. Yuji’s spine stiffened as he felt the oddest sensation; almost like those cool, elegant fingertips had sunk through his skull and were resting directly on his brain. It was not painful. In fact, it was… kind of nice. Almost ticklish, but not in the way that made him want to jerk away or squeal.

Shoko’s eyes widened, and her mouth formed a little ‘o’ of shock. Carefully, she retracted her hand, and asked Yuji, “How long have you been helping people, Yuji-kun?”

“Year an’ years,” he replied promptly. “As long as I can remember. It was mostly just Grandpa and my friends at school, but when we moved here a really nice lady with a scar on her face was crying in the park, and she recognized me. Not like, knew me, but she recognized what I could do, and she got really upset ‘cause she thought I’d followed her, but I read to her from my textbook and she calmed down. She brought me candy the next day. I think she said her name was Utahime? She’s come by a few times since, but not for a while.”

“I know Utahime,” Shoko said, beginning to smile. “She’s a teacher, now, so she can’t get away from her students much anymore. Who else have you helped?”

“Lessee… there was the lady with blue hair who gave me money… and then there was the really tall boy, I think he was only a couple years older’n me, but he wasn’t crying or angry, he was, like… laughing, and hitting a guy who was already dead. I got him to stop and wash off the blood, and then a lady who said she was his older sister showed up and thanked me. I don’t think they were related, though. They looked different. He called me “little brother” when he’d calmed down and gave me a Kamen Rider figure. Oh, and there was the old man with a guitar, even older than Grandpa, but he was really strong. He sends me CDs a lot, and sometimes he and Grandpa talk on the phone about old people stuff like politics and music these days.”

Yuji listed off everyone he’d helped, which was… a lot. He remembered all of them. Sometimes Shoko smiled, or looked thoughtful, or raised her eyebrows in surprise; once in a while she would murmur their name, like she knew them personally. Maybe she did, if she had the same ability as him.

It was impossible for Yuji to forget someone once he’d helped them. He didn’t really know what he was doing, but Daddy had said it was something like… blocking out the excess. Yuji didn’t just block excess, though; he absorbed, and sometimes he could feel himself giving back, though it was so instinctive that he wasn’t sure what, exactly, he was giving. He simply knew that, if he could touch someone and speak to them, he could make them feel better. Taking and giving like that felt a little bit like sharing bits of his heart. He didn’t mind, not if it made people happy.

He thought about Gojo Satoru again. How, of all the people he’d helped, Gojo had been the first to be horrified, and call him a baby.

“Shoko-chan,” Yuji began, “Does Gojo not like kids?”

“What do you mean?” Shoko asked, frowning.

“Well… when I opened the door last night, he looked scared, and he said I was a baby, before he passed out. Is he angry at me? He shouldn’t be, not when I was just helping.”

Shoko laughed softly and shook her head. “No, Yuji-kun, he’s not angry at you, and he doesn’t really have any feelings about kids one way or the other. It’s just… Satoru and I aren’t used to kids as powerful as you. He’s never been a good judge of age; he probably thought you were even younger than you are. And, well, it’s a little scary for people like him to realize that someone who can match them in one aspect is a very long ways behind them in others. You’re incredibly powerful, Yuji. So is Satoru. He’s never met someone so young and yet strong—which is a bit funny, because he was the same way.”

“He was?” Yuji asked, eyes widening.

“Yep. Physically gifted, but also his own ability manifested early, and the only Guides who could keep him calm were adults he knew and loved. You, though? A little kid, a stranger, managing to fix that hurricane in his head in just a few minutes? He’s horrified that he forced that on you, and I think he feels bad because he’s so primed to hurt others who aren’t used to him.” Shoko stopped, and smiled crookedly. “You’re too easy to talk to, Yuji-kun,” she admonished lightly. “No wonder so many of the others like you.”

“So you do know them all!”

“Not all. Most. I’m actually pretty new to my position; I only graduated two years ago. Maybe that’s why no one told me about you.” Shoko frowned thoughtfully into the middle distance for a moment, while Yuji considered what that meant. So he was like a secret that people only got to find out about when others decided they were good enough? That sounded fun! He grinned, pleased with his role.

Then he heard himself ask, “Can I come see them all?”

Shoko blinked, startled. “Ah… come again?”

“Can I come see them all?” Yuji repeated. “I wanna make sure they’re all okay. Especially Utahime-chan. She didn’t seem like the kind of person who asks for help, even if she really needs it.”

After a moment, Shoko smiled. “You know what? Sure. What’s your weekend look like, Yuji-kun? I’ll take you to visit Utahime.”

[starclanz]

If you are to sit at the edge of the sky above

And you stare at the cats, long, and loved,

Gathered and living strong within a cliffside basin

You will meet the Pebbleclan cats

They look at the stars: purring in joy

Their hope is based in a small mewling kit

The queen is outstretched with fourkit

Named for the three that died before.

Ignored, and standing replaced, is the paw to later be 

Stoneflower

And these are his life and times.

You may have heard rumors about this terrible cat

Terrible, or horrible, adorable, or just stoneflower

Some may proclaim him to be sour

He was misunderstood some explain 

Rarely should they be accepted as sane.

Stoneflower was not a monster

He was of average size

Stoneflower was the leader’s foster

Don’t believe all the chatter:

He was a cat; he was found under a cedar.

Stoneflower was a wandering 'paw. 

He spent much time wondering the stars

So Silverstar, being very smart, kept him by his side

And with all his heart, swept him under his wing

Stonepaw was quite the hunter

Though his mind was often more focused on something

Something else so small, he'd forget to bite

The scrawling prey crying like a locus

It would twist around and fall right out of his jaws

Perhaps, said the elderly healer Vastfeather

He is meant to be found for a realer role

But Stonepaw couldn't speak to the stars above

He stared back into the darkness; he was to meet me instead.

Hi young paw, what's your law?

Afraid of what a cat like me could do?

Relax, come on, hear the crow caw

Believe me when I can say I could make your dreams come true.

I don't have much dreams

I don't see a crow 

And I think maybe I should go

I don't recognize you.

Are you someone I should know?

My name is Rabbistripe

Let me exercise your mind

I'm a curse

And you're my number one

I doubt you're a curse

But again, I have no dreams

I bet I'm much worse

Wait. If you could,

Would you tell me where I'm meant to be?

I couldn't tell as such!

But I can let you know where you're meant to go

And if you listen, though I know you won't

I can give you dreams

Or I can make it seem

Like your nightmares are going to hasten

And break you in two.

That's not necessary

That's not right

If I'm meant to go

Am I meant to fight?

So the apprentice went to his father

Who sat with his queen and kit

Tired in the moment of the stonepaw menace

"Stonepaw, sit, what's on your mind?

That look on your face, you look like a fiend."

Stonepaw tipped his head, and fired off,

"I want to fight. I want a battle."

Silverstar outstretched, "You're young." He rattled, "but, alright."

The Pebbleclan cats had long been in skirmish

With a group of rogues based away the basin

They lived in big bin

Next to an abandoned chicken coop

Their pelts were thin

And their fur the color of sand

Silverstar gathered the clan cats

or at least all the strongest ones

The ones that mattered

And Stonepaw

Stonepaw longed to see the land

And Silverstar began his speech to his humble cats

"We will sit outside the tree!

We will tumble and rumble

Make noises and ride it out

Until the rogues come to see

Their choices will be dumb.

And we'll have won!"

Silverstar, sleek and sure he was speaking for the voices

Of the stars above, 

let out a mighty purr,

"See, my cats, to battle is to rattle

The cats must be swept off their paws

we must be as frightening as bats

they're just as adept

But what makes us different, and this is a must–"

The cats tipped their head, as Silverstar closed his eyes, and no cat spoke, except for silly stonepaw, who cried, 

StarClan is who we trust!

"Stonepaw, shush!" Silverstar said.

Stonepaw's ears pinned, and remained even as they found the tree

He felt a strange sense of dread.

Silverstar softened and lead Stonepaw, and the kit now Fourpaw, away to a trench,

"Pray, over this prey." He said, "My sons. It is what I always do, and I would like for you to do too."

They pressed their bodies together in the mud,

and Stonepaw felt their warmth, 

as they began to say,

"Oh, StarClan. Let us succeed.

Oh, StarClan, save the damned."

But as his father and his brother kept their eyes closed

Stonepaw couldn't find it in him to rave,

He just stared out, and he saw me, in kind.

"I will live for your glory!" meowed Fourpaw

"I will try not to make you sorry." Said Stonepaw.

the cats sat by the tree all day

The heat so hot they wished they could swim

Until they could see the sand colored cats coming their way.

The battle was bloody

attacking the cats like they were rats

And all the while, Stonepaw thought

Even as he fought

Did they really want him dead?

Well, poor Stonepaw proved that to himself

and silly as it was, he was dragged back to the bin

by a tall soft tom, whose long tail sagged,

And who was seeing red.

"May you be an example.

may your clan know what they've done wrong

but, enough with the preamble." Said the tom,

"hear the bird's song."

All Stonepaw heard was the crow caw

As he was lead to the edge of the camp

Leaning over the pool of dark muddy water

the rocks so covered in moss it was like they had fur

He was on the edge, about to be drowned,

When Briarpaw, pelt of stars, appeared to him,

Briarpaw, my kit of a brother

Drowned in the water

Moons ago

And so stars dropped from his pelt

And gathered by his eyes and the permanent welts as he wandered the territories

Saving all he could

Or at least all that should

From drowning with a burst of inspiration

And he dared to say to Stonepaw, shocked by his stars,

Hey kit, don't be scared

Hold your breath, dive right in

Swim swim swim, until you're within

A river or stream as fast and sweet

as the air in which you'll need to breathe

And he looked me in the eyes

And he hooked his claws 

And he swung around

Slapped the tom with the palm of his paw

blood welling right up

and then he booked it

Into the water

Learned to swim

until he knew he could win

Rising in the bog

Just as the sky filled with morning fog

Stonepaw stepped out into the clearing

His body thin: his ribs very visible

He found the clan cats mourning 

And why?

Stonepaw was back!

Though his pawsteps were wary

And well older now, 

His shaggy fur dull

Fourpaw, now Fourbeam

gleamed at the sight of his brother

Licking his ear,

And carrying him to the boulder in the center of camp

Free from fear, Stonepaw rested for half a moon

till Silverstar entered.

"My son, your foolish behavior nearly got you killed. But, thanks to the savior of StarClan, you returned, and so I think you've earned…"

A flower able to burst from a rock

It's roots finding their way through cracks

Searching for ways to quench their first

it's petals shooting up to the sun, trying to stay on the colorful track

A flower in the stone is full of power, it's pushed its way through the impossible, but it remains completely alone,

and a single flower often looks much duller,

But nonetheless the flower has survived

And perhaps, with a burst of wind to carry some pollen

It may even thrive

So our young stonepaw gained his name, Stoneflower, for the miracle that gave him fame.

Stoneflower was now very glorious

and the cats decided to take him serious

Though he still could not hunt

Or speak to the stars

Or fight 

and as the sun lightened and dimmed

Moons carried him to mediocrity

Poor Stoneflower, his glory died too soon!

Cats looked at him with disappointment:

He lived and for why?

He may have been more wonderful if he died

He lived for his clan, but his clan can without him

Poor Stoneflower, he can't do anything right

Hour after hour, he stuck by the side

He was in a rut:

Where was he meant to go now?

And we met again, we began to confide

You could bother to bow to me, kit

After all, I was the one who sent you back

You're hiding in this dark den

Waiting for me.

Rabbistripe, it's a funny thing

I'm not sure what to do 

Even as we sit sunning

I'm sitting far away

From the other cats

I don't know why I find it so hard

Well kit there's more for you

You've gotta get going, see something new

There's more stars passed the clan

Passed the twolegs, too, in the bottom of a ravine

There's something to be seen,

If you'd only listen to this task,

Though the walks a little far

Stoneflower returned to his father.

Who sat in cool moonlight, looking out over the cats, but before Stoneflower could make his case, 

"Vastfeather has seen something, and I believe it may be right for you." Said Silverstar,

with a shiver, "To see if StarClan can be reached, in a river, in a stream, at the bottom of a ravine. Though you are not a superb healer, and hunting is not your sorting, I mean to say, perhaps travel is your forte, and I know you can run!"

Stoneflower felt pleased, it even sounded fun!!

"Bring your brother, and some others…" Silverstar said, "Show us why StarClan bothered to let you live."

Stoneflower began his quest, head held high,

And I was sure to stick by his side.

Though there are many cats who think they could tell you the rest

Cats who tell a story of a day and a half of a trip

To three camps, former clans,

And how Stoneflower found them,

Alone, hiding in a tunnel, and how he ran!

StarClan was not there, but he met a cat.

[the-wookong]

Anime (1963 - 1973)

Astro Boy 鉄腕アトム Eight Man エイトマン Galactic Boy Team 銀河少年隊 Gigantor 鉄人28号 Hermit Village 仙人部落 Locus 軌跡 Man and Woman and Dog 男と女と犬 Time 時間 White Elephant しろいぞう Wolf Boy Ken 狼少年肯 Aos アオス Big X ビッグX Hyokkori Gourd IslandKiss Kiss Kiss Maruai 丸愛 Memory めもりい Mermaid 人魚 Renown レナウン Zero-sen Hayato 0戦はやと cosmic boy soran 宇宙少年ソラン Dolphin Prince ドルフィン王子 Fight! Osper 戦え! オスパー Hustle Punch ハッスルパンチ Kachi Kachi Yama かちかち山 Kenken Goku Fuufu Teikin 堅々獄夫婦庭訓 Kimba the White Lion ジャングル大帝 M.S. Chanda チャンダ号 new treasure island 新宝島 Pride the Master Thief 怪盗プライド Prince Planet 遊星少年パピイ Q-Taro The Ghost オバケのQ太郎 Space Ace 宇宙エース Space Alien Pipi 宇宙人ピピ Space Patrol Hopper 宇宙パトロールホッパ The man next door 隣の野郎 Tobacco and Ashes たばこと灰 Wonder Three W3 [ワンダースリー] Au Fou! 殺人狂時代 Cyborg 009 サイボーグ009 Harris' Whirlwind ハリスの旋風 Jump Out! Batchiri とびだせ! バッチリ Kaiju Booska (opening) 快獣ブースカ Leo the Lion ジャングル大帝 進めレオ! Marine Boy がんばれ! マリンキッド Monoshiri University-Tomorrow's Calendar Osomatsu-kun おそ松くん Pictures at an Exhibition 展覧会の絵 pirate prince 海賊王子 Planetary Mask 遊星仮面 Rainbow Squadron Robin レインボー戦隊ロビン Robotan ロボタン Sally the Witch 魔法使いサリー Tsuiseki 追跡 adventure boy shadar 冒険少年シャダー Comet san コメットさん Donkikko ドンキッコ Fantasy City 幻影都市 Goku's Great Adventures 悟空の大冒険 Golden Bat 黄金バット Heidi- Girl of the Alps Pilot Hey, I'm Guzura! ective Stories 佐武と市 捕物控 sasuke サスケ Shadow かげ Star of the Giants 巨人の星 Sunset Ringleader 夕やけ番長 Vampire バンパイヤ A Shining Example of a Bully 男一匹ガキ大将 A Thousand and One Nights 千���一夜物語 Akko's Secret ひみつのアッコちゃん Attack No.1 アタックNo.1 Dororo どろろと百鬼丸 Flying Phantom Ship 空飛ぶゆうれい船 Furious Ataro もーれつア太郎 Judo Boy 紅三四郎 Kamui the Ninja 忍風カムイ外伝 Lupin III - Pilot Film ルパン三世 Marine Boy 海底少年マリン Moomin ムーミン plum star denka ウメ星デンカ Sazae-san サザエさん Star of the Giants vs. Mighty Atom 巨人の星対鉄腕アトム Tiger Mask タイガーマスク Animal Village Stories 動物村ものがたり Cleopatra クレオパトラ Goro the Terrible ばくはつ五郎 Hikoichi's Wits 彦一とんちばなし Honeybee Hutch 昆虫物語みなしごハッチ Kicking Demon キックの鬼 Mako the Mermaid 魔法のマコちゃん Misuke in The Land of Ice 氷の国のミースケ New York Trip ニューヨーク・トリップ Norakuro のらくろ shameless highschool opening ハレンチ学園 The Bathroom ザ・バスルーム The Creation 新・天地創造 the flower and the mole 花ともぐら THE FUNNY JUDO CHAMPION いなかっぺ大将 The Gentle Lion やさしいライオン The Great Adventures of Love 恋の大冒険 The Red-Blooded Eleven 赤き血のイレブン Tomorrow's Joe あしたのジョー You Fool Koushien! 男どアホウ! 甲子園 Animal Treasure Island どうぶつ宝島 Animentary The Decision アニメンタリー・決断 Apache Baseball Team アパッチ野球軍 Attack No.1 Movie 4 アタックNo.1 涙の不死鳥 Chikotan チコタン ぼくのおよめさん Commercial War Commercial War December Song 12月のうた Demon Love Song 鬼恋歌 Genius Bakabon 天才バカボン Golgo 13 ゴルゴ13セレクション Good-by Marilyn サョナラ太郎 てんまのとらやん The Extravagant Muchabei 珍豪ムチャ兵衛 wandering sun さすらいの太陽 Zoom the White Dolphin イルカと少年 Astroganger アストロガンガー Chappy the witch 魔法使いチャッピー Chief Joker ハゼドン Devilman デビルマン Gatchaman 科学忍者隊ガッチャマン GO GET THEM 0011 魔犬ライナー００１１変身せよ Head Spoon ヘッド・スプーン Little Samurai 赤胴鈴之助 Mazinger Z マジンガーZ Moonlight Mask 正義を愛する者、月光仮面 My Dear Coco モンシェリCOCO New Moomin ムーミン Panda! Go Panda! パンダコパンダ Piggyback Ghost おんぶおばけ Return of Pero ながぐつ三銃士 Road to munich ミュンヘンへの道 Star and Rainbow 星と虹と Tamagon the Counselor かいけつタマゴン The demon 鬼 The Gutsy Frog ど根性ガエル The King and the Nightingale 王様とナイチンゲール The Midnight Parasites 寄生虫の一夜 Triton of the Sea 海のトリトン Yuki's Sun ユキの太陽 Adventures of Korobokkuru 冒険コロボックル Adventures on Rainbow Pond けろっこデメタン Aim for the Ace! エースをねらえ! Babel II バビル２世 Belladonna of Sadness 哀しみのベラドンナ Conte No. 55's why is that コント55号のなんでそうなるの cutie honey キューティーハニー Doraemon ドラえもん Dororon Enma-kun ドロロンえん魔くん Jungle Kurobee ジャングル黒べえ Karate Master 空手バカ一代 Little Wansa ワンサくん Mazinger-Z Vs. Devilman マジンガーZ対デビルマン Microid S ミクロイドＳ Miracle Girl Limit-chan ミラクル少女リミットちゃん Neo Human Casshan 新造人間キャシャーン Oh Yoko! オー・ヨーコ! Panda! Go, Panda! The Rainy-Day Circus Samurai Giants 侍ジャイアンツ The history of helping each other The Panda's Great Adventure パンダの大冒険 travel 旅 Willie Boy 荒野の少年イサム Wonderland ふしぎないど Zero Tester 0[ゼロ]テスター

[meanncat]

Heehee, I saw this on pinterest and thought it'd be funny to put Locus and Dr Starline in it...and it is. lol

[katyspersonal]

Well, Martin didn't influence the details and specifics in Elden Ring, he only wrote original mythos! As for Miyazaki himself, I vaguely recall like... 2-3 weird sexual things? And they are not really about sex as sex, as much as they are about birth in horror context 🤔

For Elden Ring, I think the roots of assumption go into early access description of Turtle Neck straight up saying people are no longer horny (not in the base game), and Melina asking whether being born of mother makes one behave like this (when talking about Boc)! There is also that one song bat ladies sing:

Alas, that land, once blessed, now has diminished. (O, locus ille, beatus quondam, nunc deminuit.)

We, (betrothed) destined to be mothers, now become tarnished. (Nos, destinatae matribus, nunc fiunt turpes.)

We have lamented and we have shed tears but no one consoles us. (Ploarvimus lacrimavimusque sed nemo nos consolatur.)

Golden One, at whom you were angry? (Aureum, cui irascebaris?)

Prior DLC, this gave an impression that after the Elden Ring got shattered, there was mass infertility effecting many but not all! Like how when Fire is dying in Dark Souls, almost no one can give births anymore! There are still births of course, like how Omen are born (that's why they're getting made objects depicting them as infants) and Demihumans. It is also heavily implied that D twins had to be born in the Lands Between since they've never met in person, so Tarnisheds can give births. Maybe only those whose being is strongly attached to the Golden Order that can't give births normal way, at least anymore?

(Now, of course, the bat song could additionally mean that they were one more species screwed over by Marika but who knows!)

Its cute that people are so weirdly insistent on the elden ring world having no sex whatshowever, because yes, elden ring, the game written by george rr martin and hidetaka miyazaki, authors famously known for not putting weird sexual shit in their art,

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🗞️📖 Bookish News 📖🗞️

🦇 Extra, extra. Read all about it! 📖 Good evening, bookish bats! A lot happened in the publishing industry last month, but here are a few highlights you may have missed!

Adaptations Jennifer Lopez's production company and Netflix - Emily Henry's Happy Place Laika (Travis Knight directing) - Susanna Clarke's Piranesi Universal (Taika Waititi directing?) - Percival Everett's James We Were Liars adds Rahul Kohli to the cast Patrick Dempsey and Sarah Michelle Gellar have joined the cast of the Dexter prequel, Original Sin Chris McKay to direct Brynne Weaver’s Butcher and Blackbird Ayvan Williams, Jessica Belkin & Savannah Lee Smith casted for Becky Albertalli's The Upside of Unrequited First looks for Heartstopper S3 are out Apple TV - Laura Lippman's The Lady in the Lake Adult Swim - Anthony Bourdain’s graphic novel series, Get Jiro! UCP - Chris Witaker's All the Colors of the Dark The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - Barbara Robinson A24 - Jennifer Lawrence starring - Paul Rainey's Why Don't You Love Me? Netflix - Richard E. Grant and Tom Ellis casted for The Thursday Murder Club Sony - Michael Crichton and James Patterson's Eruption Renee Zellweger starring in 12 Months to Live Awesomeness - Melissa De La Cruz's Blue Bloods The Uglies adaptation has a release date after 18 years (September 13) The trailer for Elin Hilderbrand's The Perfect Couple is up Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea is being adapted into a graphic novel Prime - Colin Firth joins the cast of Young Sherlock Universal - Omid Scobie's Royal Spin Netflix - Bridgerton Season 4 lead announced Amazon - Fourth Wing series adaptation is a go Apple TV - The trailer for Pachinko! Season 2 is up An adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Nickel Boys will open the 62nd New York Film Festival Patton Oswalt’s comic book Minor Threats is being adapted into a live-action series HBO - Dune: Prophecy releases in November

Cover Reveals Babylonia - Costanza Casati The Get Off - Christa Faust The Ragpicker King - Cassandra Clare What Does It Feel Like - Sophie Kinsella Wake Up and Open Your Eyes - Clay McLeod Chapman Ageless - Renee Schaeffer The Thirteenth Child - Erin A. Craig Song So Wild and Blue: A Life With Joni Mitchell - Paul Lisicky The Meadowbrook Murders - Jessica Goodman On Her Terms - Amy Spalding Onyx Storm - Rebecca Yarros The River Has Roots - Amal El-Mohtar The Wind Weaver - Julie Johnson In Gad We Trust - Josh Gad The Life of Herod the Great - Zora Neale Hurston (posthumous) The Other People - CB Everett How My Neighbor Stole Christmas - Meghan Quinn

Upcoming Releases I Saw the TV Glow director Jane Schoenbrun has a debut novel coming out, Public Access Afterworld Carol Moseley Braun is writing a memoir, Trailblazer: Perseverance in Life and Politics New memoir by Hilary Rodham Clinton The Road is Good - Uzo Aduba Leo Martino Steals Back His Heart - Eric Geron Viola Davis is co-writing with James Patterson

News Macmillan is launching a "new adult fiction" imprint. The 2024 Locus Award winners were announced The 2024 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards were announced Nebula Award winners were announced Random House is buying Boom! Studios

[rubykgrant]

(Silly background RVB relationship stuff that I may or may not expand on more in the full story-line, but it definitely all happened in the background, so I'm just gonna ramble with it here~)

Caboose is a person who can make "friends with benefits" work, because he genuinely cares about being friends; paying attention to what the other person needs, being honest if that's something he comfortable with, making sure they respect his own boundaries, and remaining on good terms through it all. It helps that Caboose has become aware of how... over-zealous he can be. So! Good communication and understanding personal-space! Very helpful. Also, he's had better luck with relationships in the past than some of the others (he might not understand all of Tucker's perv jokes, but he absolutely knows how different kinds of romantic/sexual relationships work). So, at some point after all the time-travel shenanigans...

Donut has never actually "dated" anybody before. He and Doc have a relationship that is downright domestic, but for them it's more of an open QPR (Doc is aro/ace, but still enjoys affection, and they love spending time together). He had some wild fun on Chorus before, but big deal, that whole thing was bonkers. Donut isn't sure if he wants to live the single life with some fun flings, or start looking for something more serious. He hasn't really DONE anything with anybody! After talking to Caboose, really just venting and not hoping for a solution, Caboose suggests they could... try being together. Which Donut did not expect, but OK! Please and thank you! They still do everything they did together as friends, but now there is added activities in private where they kiss, cuddle, and yes- are sexually intimate. Very enjoyable for them both! Donut eventually checks if it would be alright with Caboose for him to see other people, which is fine. They remain friends, no more "benefits" while Donut has experiences with different partners, because whoever Donut might start seeing next, he would want to check and see how they get along with Caboose, what they're all comfortable with, so nobody feels "cheated". They're still fine spending time as friends (potential to get together again, or just a clean break, no pressure~)

Kai very much likes having fun and fooling around... but sometimes it is TIRESOME to go through everything involved with having sex. Even just hook-ups; you gotta go out, or look around on a dating site, make sure the other person isn't an ax murderer, potentially deal with somebody who is an a-hole, potentially deal with somebody who is WAY too clingy right off the bat, stock up on protection, all that jazz. She just wants to fool around with somebody who appreciates how nice it is to be physically close and share the moment, but won't be weird about it later! Caboose also listens to her venting, and has a suggestions. So, they proceed to have some fun times in bed together, and then after Kai doesn't have to worry about kicking him out/making an escape, because she likes his company! She also doesn't have to worry about him being a creep. They can enjoy themselves, then relax, share a shower, then watch TV or play video games. It's very chill. She eventually tells Caboose she's ready to go be the life of several parties again, and he's fine with that. Kai kinda gets the vibe that Caboose would want to eventually find somebody (or a couple people, he's polyam~) to "settle down" with, and while that ain't for her, she doesn't want to get in the way of that if he starts dating anybody seriously (he's not her booty-call on demand, but he is her FRIEND. if he's ever with anybody who's into the idea of being open, Kai will be right in there, but if not, no big deal)

Locus still has all kinds of twisted up feelings regarding his own "humanity", and if he even deserves happiness. He also was just very unlucky when he was younger, getting bad information regarding how relationship dynamics work, then never having much personal experience for years (being a human killing machine and such), THEN his longest relationship ever was. Felix. That sure does things to a person. They had a lot going on; friends, partners, lovers, and... some more unpleasant terms. Locus would really like to be with somebody who would NOT hurt him, and also knows exactly who he is. This is hard, because who he is can be potentially SCARY, and Locus wants to know that HE won't hurt somebody else. Once again, Caboose listens to his friend vent. Instead of jumping right into sexy times, Caboose offers to literally sleep with Locus, just holding each other and cuddling. If Locus wants more, Caboose is willing to do more. It isn't pity, and it doesn't come with strings attached, some obligation or favored owed later. They do become sexually intimate, and eventually, Locus asks if Caboose wants to try actually dating. They do, for a bit. It's very nice, and while it's good for both men in different ways, Locus still has other aspects of his life to work on, and he doesn't want Caboose to "wait" while that happens. So, they end the dating, but remain very good friends (again, it could be more again someday, perhaps even with others involved. Locus could even find other relationships for himself, now that he knows how good it can be~)

Also, it would just be very amusing for the Reds and Blues to have a return trip to Chorus, where they're asked to give an obligatory "Responsible Grown-Up Talk" to the new kids about relationships (communication, staying safe, being respectful, different aspects of sexuality, etc), and this is how Tucker finds out Caboose is, in fact, the hunka-hunka of Blue Team! This is also how Grif finds out Caboose and his sister have fooled around; everybody expects Grif would flip out over it, but he's just- "Y'know what? That's cool. Caboose is cool. I don't need to know ANYTHING ELSE about what my sister has been doing, but that's fine"

[scribbleboxfox]

Hocus Pocus Locus (2257)   Horror/Comedy 1hr 36m Rated PG

Synopsis:

After moving to Chorus, Lavernius Tucker (Jason Saldaña) explores the planet with his teammates Michael J. Caboose (Joel Heyman) and Agent Washington (Shannon McCormick) and their new-ish friend, Agent Carolina (Jen Brown.) After Agent Carolina disappears one day, Caboose accidentally unleashes a coven of evil Mercs (Remy Ratatoullie, Jocus, and Jaws (1975) Dir. Steven Spielberg) who are trying to kill all the planet’s inhabitants. Now, with the help of a magical AI, the team must steal the merc's Great Key to stop them from murdering everyone. 

@stickynotedoodler >:3

[ivys-garden]

Alright, enough beating around the over padded bushes. Let's get to the main thing

The Fae

Faeries are a type of mob people have wanted in Minecraft for a long time now, usually as small little sprites. While this approach is OK for a fantasy setting like Minecraft, as this Hypothetical update takes from celtic Mythology, this will not be the approach taken.

The fae are a new mob classification, neither alive nor undead. The fae are diverse but they all share some key characteristics, notably they can only be hurt by Iron weapons, Fire or Poison.

The fae range from passive, to neutral, to fully hostile.

Fae can spawn naturally or in structures such as the Fairy Mounds or Dubnoss Tunnels

Most fae upon their death will drop “Fae Essence” combining 5 of this in a crafting table with a flower crown, Crann Bethadh Cutting, and Two deer antlers creates the Faerie Crown

When worn, the Faerie crown passifies most fae, and even causes some to attack others on your command like Wolf's. Though it should be noted that most fae cannot be Tamed and the crown must be Worn constantly for this to work. The crown gives no armour points and has notable low durability.

The crown itself appears Emerald green, covered in flowers and with two large antlers protruding from each side.

There are 23 fae, though not all of them are new

Fomorian

Named after a Monstrous - maybe fae - race from Irish Mythology, the fomorians here are basically just Fae Zombies. Entirely hostile, typically weak, and uncomplicated.

Fomorians are slightly stronger and more durable than Zombies, but apart from that nothing is different about them.

Fomorians stand at roughly half the players height and appear as a blue, muscular and malformed humanoid figure with bulging yellow eyes

Fomorians drop bones and Fae Essence when killed

Fomorians spawn naturally in the Mushroom forest and Highland Forest, as well as in the Beast's Layer and Dubnos Tunnels as well as being the most common kind of fae in the Faerie Mounds

Fomorians can be controlled by the Faerie Crown

Blights

These were discussed earlier.

They have a notable insectoid appearance, looking like a jet black humanoid locus.

When killed Blights drop Poisoned Potatoes, Carrot, Turnips, Beetroot or Wheat

Blights do not spawn in any structures

Blights are not susceptible to Poison

Blights are one of the few fae not to recognise the power of the crown

Pixies

These are what is stereotypically seen as a faerie, they are small, Winged, agenda glowing.

Pixies spawn in Mushroom Grottos, Highland Forests and Wisteria Forests

Pixies are very curious and will fly around the player. Pixies will only become hostile if attacked or if their land is trespassed upon.

Pixies will inflict the player with negative status effects (all the same ones as puffball mushrooms) when they attack

Pixies will spawn in Dubnos Tunnels and Fairy Mounds and will become instantly hostile once the player enters, though they will return to be calm when their spawner is broken or the carvings in Dubnos Tunnels are tapped.

When killed Pixies drop fae essence and Faerie Wings, same as butterfly and Moth wings, Faerie wings can be grafted to the elytra to change its appearance (note: this is also true of feathered, resulting in angel wings, phantom membranes and bat wings, resulting in vampiric wings)

Pixies also drop Pixie Dust (this was going to be used in potions, but I cut the Potion section. Whoopsie)

Pixies can be controlled by the Faerie Crown

(Note: Bogs and Gortach also can be spawners in Dubnos Tunnels)

Vex

Vex have now been reclassified to fae. Vex can be controlled by the Faerie Crown, even if summoned by the Evoker, allowing the player to use his Minions against him.

Vex drop Faerie wings and Fae Essence

Vex receive no other changes

But, as simply being fae makes Vex even more infuriating to fight, the loot of the woodland mansion would be improved to compensate

Vex can also spawn in Faerie Mounds and Dubnos Tunnels

Allays

Allays are now fae. They drop Faerie Wings when killed. They can spawn naturallybin Wisteria Forrests. They receive no other changes.

Mooshrooms

Mooshrooms now come in all the mushroom colours. Shaved Mooshrooms no longer become cows, just shaved Mooshrooms. Planting a different kind of mushroom on a shaved Mooshroom changes its colour (this is the only way to get Spring Green and Rose Mooshrooms as those mushrooms are not naturally occurring) this also allows for the creation of Warped and Crimson Mooshrooms

Each mooshroom drops the mushroom growing on there back

Mooshrooms are exclusive to the Mushroom Islands and Mushroom Grotto

Mooshrooms have no other changes.

Mooblooms

What's this? A mob vote loser!? Mooblooms now have a variant for all flower types, much like Mooshrooms you can shave them to change there flower

Mooblooms drop the flower growing in them when killed.

Mooblooms and bees are friends, having a Moobloom around increases the rate bees pollinate.

When milked, Mooblooms give out suspicious stew, the Potion effect may or may not be tied to the flower type

Leprechaun

The Leprechaun is a mischievous fae heralding from Ireland. much different from modern interpretations, Leprechauns are hard working and smart, but also trouble makers. They also like, made shoes?

In Minecraft leprechauns are small fae, only a block tall, with a ginger beard and dressed in bright green clothes

Getting too close to a Leprechaun will result in them running up to you and stealing Something from your inventory, leprechauns will then goad the player into a chase, after a while of chasing they will drop the item and leave the player alone. Though, for putting up with them, they pay the player in gold.

If the player carries gold near a Leprechaun they will approach slowly and not attempt to steal anything, players can then barter with leprechauns like they would piglins.

Leprechauns can give out various rewards, like enchanting books, emeralds, sherds, Banner Patterns, Firework Charges, Music disks, books for curse of binding and vanishing (only way to obstain them without any other enchantments) and one exclusive item: Faerie Clogs

Faerie clogs allow the player to walk across blocks like peat, powdered snow and leaves, but if the player walks off of a drop while wearing these shoes, they will walk across the air on the same level they were before. However this requires the player to always be moving forward, as when they stop they will begin to fall back down to earth, though they will have mild spowfalling and the clogs do come with free feather falling

Now, with the Faerie Crown, Blubber Chestplate, Kilt and Faerie Clogs, you can make yourself look like a bloody loon!

Leprechauns spawn in the Wisteria Forrest, Highland Forest and Mushroom Grottos

Leprechauns can spawn in the Dubnos Tunnels and Faerie mounds

Leprechauns drop gold when killed.

Leprechauns do respect the crown, though all that means is that they won't steal from you

Selkies

Selkies are a type of fae that can switch between the appearance of a seal and person

In Minecraft, Selkies would be a neutral fae spawning in the same area as seals, if a seal is hurt when a selkie is present, they will quickly chase down the player and attack them with surprising strength.

When killed, Selkies drop fish, bones and blubber

Seal Skin can be gathered by giving fish to selkies while in there seal form, causing them to shift into their human form and bestow it upon the player

Players can take 8 seal skin, arranged the shape of a chest plate, and craft a Seal Costume

While wearing the seal costume, a player's model, stats and health is changed to reflect that of a seal. The seal costume allows for greater water manoeuvrability (especially when given dolphins grace) but makes the player very slow on land. The player also can't use weapons/tools or wear any other armour while they have the costume on

While in the water, selkies look identical to seals, but when out of the water they appear similar to a noiseless villager/witch Minus the nose and crossed arms and with beady black eyes, Grey skin, and their seal skin tied around them like clothing.

Selkies are one of the few fae who don't respect the power of the crown

Haggis

Ah wild Haggis, every Scots favourite gaslight.

Though in Minecraft they are very much real, spawning exclusively in the Highland Forest Haggis is a small passive fae roughly half the size of a pig and Brown in colouration

When killed they drop Haggis, Haggis is a new meat that can be cooked and eaten, though when combined with Turnip and Mash Potatoes you get Haggis, Neeps and Tatties, a food item that can be eaten 3 times, freeing up inventory space spent on food.

Kelpies

Information for this mob is taken from the pond update, the only change is that they are now fae and drop fae essence. They also will be controlled by the Faerie Crown (though not tamed)

Kelpies Spawn along river banks, in Highland Forests and in Wisteria Forests

Kelpies will attack any player they see, inflicting them with a status effect called suffocation, which causes them to drown on land, forcing them to say in the water as they do not drown normally while under this effect, while on the water the kelpie is faster and has more hearts

If a player can saddle a kelpie without being seen by it, the kelpie will be Tamed

Kelpies can be used to ride across the surface of water, doing so is faster than a boat, but kelpies can hold no items and can only carry one person

Kelpies are as fast as Horse on land, but get a speed increase over water

Unicorns

Information for this mob is taken from the pond update, the only change is that they are now fae.

The Unicorn is a passive mob spawning in the Highland Forest and Wisteria Forrest

Unicorns come in 4 colours (pink, blue, white and black)

Unicorns take longer to tame than horses, but have more health.

Riding a Unicorn gives the player a status called “Unicorns Grace” ; this status heals the player. Unicorns grace only lasts for 5 seconds while the player is not on the Unicorn

A player with Unicorns grace who swims through water will purify it, this is the only way to create Purified water outside of naturally occurring structures

When Unicorns mature from baby to adult they will drop a Unicorn horn, this can be worn in place of a helmet. It has no use other than cosmetics

Loch Lurker

Information for this mob is taken from the pond update, the only change is that they are now fae.

Loch Lurkers are a rare mob, spawning in lakes very rarely, with more of a chance to spawn in Highland Forest Lakes

Loch Lurkers act like underwater horses, are able to carry two people and hold inventory space like a Donkey or Mule.

Loch Lurkers come in the colours Black, Green, Blue, Grey and Lime

Loch Lurkers look like depictions of the Loch Ness Monster

Gnomes

I should not need to badly explain what a gnome is to you.

Gnomes are a fully passive fae spawning exclusively in Mushroom Grottos*

Gnomes themselves resemble tiny humanoid mushrooms. There are Gnomes for each type, including two Nether variants for Crimson and Warped Fungus.

A Gnomes type can be changed simply by giving it a different type of mushroom (this is the only way to get Spring Green and Rose Gnomes)

Gnomes are naturally creative, give them some balls of clay and they will Sculpt replicas of themselves for your decorative purposes, one for each colour

Gnomes, rarely, can spawn in Faerie Mounds in place of a spawner for anything harmful.

Gnomes drop mushrooms when killed

Gnomes will not attack for you if you wear the crown, but they will follow you around.

The Pooka

The Pooka is a shape-shifting fae from irish Folklore

The Pooka is a small, black, furry creature. It disguises itself as the most common peaceful mob in its environment. When attacked (which won't actually harm it unless it was attacked with iron) it reveals itself and begins attacking. It will give up if the player is out of its line of sight for 20 seconds.

Pooka drop fae essence when killed

The Pooka can be ordered to attack of you wear the crown, but it will not break disguise before doing so. Meaning that it could very well look like you've just stuck a very angry chicken on someone.

If you attack a pookas disguise while wearing the crown, they will reveal themselves and start giggling loudly before disguising Themselves again

Red Caps

Red Caps are a species of very angry Goblins that haunt castles in the Highlands. There Caps are Red with the blood of the people they killed :3

Red Caps are small hostile fae with bright red hats, bushy white beards and brown clothes. They spawn exclusive in structures such as Castle Ruins, Faerie Mounds and Dubnos Tunnels

Red Caps stay entirely invisible until a chest is opened in their vicinity or the player is hurt by another mob. Upon their home being looted or smelling Blood, they attack as a pack viciously.

Red Caps drop bones and their weapons when killed

Red Caps can be controlled by the Faerie Crown

Calliach

The calliach is an old hag, (but was most likely a celtic god before being retconned to not exist by the Christians) that controls the weather and shapes the land.

Very rarely the Calliach will spawn in Stone Works, they will appear as a white dressed old hag.

The Calliach can be traded a rare item such as a sherd, trim or Curse Book for a special wand that can Summon weather (there are 5 wands, one for rain, sun, thunder, snow and fog) after the trade the cailleach disappears in a plume of smoke

If attacked, the calliach will Summon fog, duplicate herself like the illusionist and begin attacking from all angles

The cailleach drops nothing when killed

The Calliach will not respect the crown. She's old enough to remember the first fae queen.

She knows you're not worthy.

Green Men

The green man is a stone carving motif made to represent nature.

Green Men are a type of fae that Spawn within trees, a tree housing a green man will be visually distinct as one of the logs will bear the image of its face.

If a tree is damaged in the vicinity of a green man then the green man will wake up and begin attacking the player. The green man itself is a floating circle of leaves arranged to resemble a face.

Green Men can be pacified by planting a sapling before every tree you cut down. This can also allow you to cut down the green man's tree, gaining the green man's log for decorative - or prank - purposes

Green Men drop leaves when killed

Green Men will be controlled by the Faerie Crown

Will O’ Wisps

Will o wisps were small fire like spirits that led people astray in the woods

Will O’ Wisps are hostile fae that look like balls of fire that resemble a face, they come in Yellow, Orange, Blue and Red. They spawn in heather moorlands, swamps and Highland forests

Staring at a Will O’ Wisp will cause the player's camera to start involuntarily zooming in on it, lowering the field of vision and making it harder to see your surroundings. Being attacked by the will o’ wisp has an equal chance to do nothing, inflict nausea or inflict blindness

Will O Wisps drop fae essence when killed

Will O’ Wisps can spawn in Dubnos Tunnels and Faerie Mounds

Will O’ Wisps can be controlled by the Faerie Crown

The Ghillie Dhu

The Ghillie Dhu was a fae Banished from Faerie land who hung out around human settlements, he's what the ghillie suit is named after

The Ghillie Dhu is a neutral fae spawning exclusively in Highland forests, they appear as a large shadowy figure with glowing yellow eyes and a green moss Cloak covered in flowers. This mob can often be seen Wandering around giving flowers to other fae

If the player gets to close And is spotted by the ghillie dhu it will begin attacking furiously

The Ghillie Dhu drops fae essence, Leaves and moss when killed

The Ghillie Dhu has bad hearing, the player can sneak up on it from behind to shear it, gathering Ghillie Grass

8 ghillie grass in the arrangement of a chestplate creates a Ghillie Suit, a new piece of clothing that offers no protection but stops all hostile and neutral Mobs from being able to see you until you attack first, including the fae (note: no other armour can be worn with the ghillie suit)

There is one mob who will recognise you in the suit: the ghillie dhu. They'll come up to you and give you a flower.

Perhaps all they wanted was a friend.

The Mimic

The Mimic is a new passive mob that spawns in all overworld generated structures. A Mimic can hide within any of the following:

● A Chest

● A Chest Minecart

● A Trapped Chest

● A Ender Chest

● A Barrel

● A Pot

● A Shulker Box

A Mimic will remain dormant in a structure until one of two actions occurs, 1) a player interacts with the block it's inhabiting, either by opening it or starting to break it. This will cause the Mimic to attack the player. Or 2) a player crouches while holding any Ore other than iron, this will cause the Mimic to come out of hiding and slowly approach the player.

When a Mimic attacks a player it will also eat and consume whatever item the player currently has in their hand. This item will be dropped by the Mimic upon its disguise breaking

When attacked all damage the Mimic takes will be inflicted into the block it hides within, this means that a Mimic can be attacked by non Iron weaponry while still in its disguise. When the disguise is broken the Mimic will quickly run away to hide, dropping low level loot that matches the loot table of the structure it is in as it does so. If a Mimic successfully escapes the player and hides in another object it will become passive again, not attacking the player unless their disguise is discovered again. If the player kills the Mimic before they get into a new disguise then the Mimic will drop high level loot from the loot table of the structure it resides in

If the player crouches and feeds the Mimic any of the aforementioned items then the Mimic will consume them and spit out an item of loot in return, doing this enough times with the same Mimic then said Mimic will be Tamed by the player.

A Tamed Mimic will follow the player, the Mimic can take damage from Mobs or the environment but this will be inflicted to the block it inhabits, if this block is broken it will stop following the player to find another.

All mimics regardless of block can be opened by the player via a right click and can store a full double chest worth of items within them (note: a Mimic inhabiting an Ender Chest will not Link up to any preexisting Ender Chest)

If the Mimics disguise is broken then most of the items will fall onto the ground but some will be lost. Items stored within the Mimic for more than ten in game days will be consumed by the Mimic. A Mimic can be fed directly by the player via crouching first and then right clicking on the Mimic. Either way of feeding heals the Mimic and/or its disguise

If a Mimics owner dies the Mimic will consume all the items and xp said player dropped and store them until the player comes back, preventing them from despawning. A player can retrieve their items and xp from the Mimic by right clicking on them. All items previously stored within the Mimic will still be inside it when the player regains the items they lost after death.

A Mimic can be sat down via being fed any food item, including ones that are harmful to the player

While sitting the Mimic will once again appear as a normal block until the owner opens it again, if a non owner player opens the Mimic then it will become agitated and bite the their, stealing whatever item was in there hand and fleaing back to its owner

A Mimic will never teleport to its owner

The block a Mimic will inhabit next is always the closest block to it

A Mimic will be hurt and become agitated if anything made of iron is fed or stored within it. If the Mimic is wild it will attack relentlessly and if the Mimic is tamed it will attack once before returning to being passive

(Note: a Mimic can take damage from ANY means, but this damage will be applied to its block, when the block breaks everything the Mimic was carrying will fall on the ground.)

A Mimic will appear much like a Strider, only lacking eyes and with a large gaping Maw in front that almost completely bisects the head.

While disguised the mimics legs will stick out from the block and its mouth will occasionally poke through with an animation of the chest or shulker box opening, for pots and barrels this will instead show the block breaking across the middle before closing again.

There is no way to tell if a block is a Mimic or not.

In short: the Mimic is a new threat that players must get creative to fight, not only in being impervious to most damage but also in its ability to consume weapons not made of iron. But it is also a loyal companion and a solution to inventory management and players losing there xp and items due to adventuring too far

It's also inspired directly by Terry Pratchett, to create a more original solution to inventory management that is more in keeping with a magical setting than a simple backpack

Brownies

Brownies are Scottish house Goblins, they help with cleaning. Though if you abuse their kindness they will beat the shit out of you in your sleep.

Brownies are a neutral fae spawning in villages and bothies. They appear like little big eared Goblins with grey skin and wearing only rags.

Brownies will pick up items off the floor and put them into chests. They'll put them into the chest nearest to them that has the most of that item (eg, give them a seed, they will put it in a chest with a stack of seeds over a chest with just one)

Brownies can also be given items to sort directly by the player.

Brownies will become enraged and attack the player if the player intentionally drops items near them, making a mess. Droppers are fine though.

Brownies also become enraged wlif they are made to sort any wearable item or anything made of iron.

Brownies drop nothing when killed

Brownies are very fond of mimics, often playing with them. Brownies will automatically take items out of Tamed mimica and begin sorting them automatically (leaving behind anything iron or clothing)

Brownies cannot be made to attack others by the crown, but they won't attack you for making a mess if you wear it.

The Dullahan

The Dullahan is a spectre of death in Irish Folklore and likely inspired the American Headless Horseman

The Dullahan is a replacement for 4 the horsemen

Spawning during a thunderstorm or or fog, the Dullahan is a hostile fae appearing as a Headless knight wielding a crossbow and sword, dressed in black armour with wispy blue smoke emanating from his knock, riding atop a skeletal horse. All attacks from the Dullahan inflict the target with withering

The Dullahan drops fae essence and bones when killed

The Skeleton horse remains after its master is vanquished, it does not need to be Tamed and requires no saddle to control. While on the Skeleton horse any attacks the player delivers inflict withering on the target

The Dullhan can not be controlled by the Faerie Crown

The Fae would be a diverse new mob class with multiple uses to spice up combat, decoration and inventory management

(Part 5/5)*

Hivy, This is Ivy!

Throughout my time on Tumblr one of my favourite things to do has been to create hypothetical Minecraft updates, I've done this twice before with The Pigeon update and The Pond Update, but a few weeks ago I let you lot chose what geographic area I should turn into a hypothetical update

Yall chose Celtic Europe (and Oceania but that's for later) AKA, Ireland, Scotland, Whales and Cornwall. I was very glad with this outcome as I myself am Scottish and I had a lot of ideas for this…..too many ideas…. So many ideas that I had to cut an entire section and now some stuff feels barebones….whoops. (but hey now I can work on a full portion update later…yay.)

But, enough of that, let's move on to:

The Fae Update!

New Biomes + Structures

There are 6 new biomes in this hypothetical update, each referring a different local found in celtic europe these are: The White Cliffs,The Glacial Pass, The Wisteria Forrest The Heather Moorlands/Peat Bogs (take your pick), The Highland Forests, and… you'll see ;3

The White Cliffs

The White Cliffs are a new coastal biome, consisting of grass topped cliffs, sandy bays and rock structures jutting out of the water. Suspicious sand and gravel generates naturally here and loot from it follows the fishing loot table, though with an increased chance to find nautilus shells and a rare chance to find sniffer eggs

This biome is based on the White Cliffs of Dover and the Jurassic Coast

The White Cliffs has only three new features:

Puffins

A new passive abiant mob, they drop Feathers when killed. Instead of the normal birds nest (introduced in the pigeon update) puffins lay there eggs in “wall nests” grey nests that attach to walls, these can be used as a decorative block

Seagulls

A neutral mob who drops Feathers and fish when killed, they spawn both in the White Cliffs and on beaches and open Seas. Seagulls will attack the player if they are holding any food item in their hand, stealing it.

Seagulls serve no other purpose.

Chalk

Chalk is a new stone block. It has the blast resistance of wood and is exclusive to the white cliffs, making up the cliffs themselves.

Chalk can be dyed any of the dye colours in the game, creating a softer, more Pastel variant of that colour (queers rejoice). Chalk can be made into slabs, stairs and walls in the stone cutter.

The Glacial Pass

A cold mountainous biome, the Glacial past is mainly made of stone and deeplate, with ice and snow also being common. Dipstone spikes can be found here as well as gravel structures resembling Eskers and Terminal Moraines (yes my favourite subject is geography how can you tell?). Suspicious gravel can be found here as well as suspicious snow, which can also be found in the igloo. Strays, Polar Bears, Foxes and Rabbits Spawn in this environment

This biome is based on glaciated uplands

Seals

Seals can be found in all cold environments. Seals will follow the player when they swim, upon coming on to land Seals will bob in the afternoon expectantly.

Seals can be fed fish, clapping after this is done

Seals drop blubber when killed. Blubber can be crafted into blubber blocks, when lit on fire these blocks burn light yellow. Blubber can be used to make torches, lanterns and campfires.

Blubber can also be crafted into a chest plate, the blubber chest plate reduces projectile damage and prevents Frost damage in powdered snow, but it slows you down while on land

The Wisteria Forest

A replacement for the old flower Frocester, this is a rare forrest in which all natural flowers spawn

Purified water (a type of water introduced in the pond update that can cure harmful status effects and restore hunger permanently for a short time) would spawn here too, as well as unicorns and kelpies (introduced in the pond update, will be discussed later)

Other Mobs that Spawn here will be discussed later

Wisteria Trees

Wisteria trees are a new wood type. The wood itself is a pale green with a purplish grey bark. Wisteria leaves are pale lavender. Wisteria trees also have hanging leave variants, much like willow leaves (pond update) that grow in the same way as glow berries

Butterflies and Moths

Passive ambient mobs that spawn in all biomes, though moths are most common in dark oak forests and butterflies are most common here. Both come in many colours, much like tropical fish. These mobs are as large as the bees (traditional dictates that all Minecraft arthropods must be massive, also yes bane of arthropods works on these, but do you actually care?)

Butterflies and Moths drop their respective wings when killed, these can be grafted onto the elytra (using the dragonfly carapace, an mob drop from the dragon fly as introduced in the pond update, speaking of that, the Toad from that update will also eat Moths and Butterflies) grafting these wings on changes the electable texture to resemble the wings of these Mobs (Note: despite both having many textures the electric will always adopt The Lunar Moth and Monarch Butterfly texture respectively)

Crann Bethadh Sprout

The sprout of a legendary tree, this is a two tall plant with ever changing leaf colours, shifting throughout all the pastel colour variants

The player can take a cutting of this plant using shears

This plant can only be dug up by the sniffer

Flower Crowns

By combining any 4 flowers in a circular pattern in the crafting table players can make flower crowns. Flower crowns adopt the colours of whatever flowers were used to craft it. Flower crowns can be worn on the head and serve no purpose other than to make people look pretty ;3

Wisteria Grass

Wisteria grass is a new grass type block that is pale lavender. It behaves the same as grass. It is only found in the Wisteria forest

The Heather Moorlands

Heather Moorlands are made up of water, grass, mud and a new block. No trees and few other plants spawn here, but cattails, reeds (pond update), sea grass and lily pads would be common here.

Bogs would spawn here

Toads, Frogs and Dragonflies would spawn here

Heather Moorlands are based on….Heather Moorlands.

Peat

Peat is a new powered snow-like block. It is brown in colour and makes up most of the ground in the Heather moorlands. Any plant can be planted on it.

Falling through peat takes notably longer than it does for powdered snow, players cannot freeze in peat, only suffocate. Peat can be safely traversed with leather boots.

When broken, peat will break into Peat Logs, peat logs can be burned in the furnace as an effective fuel

When lit on fire, Peat burns Bright Red, peat logs can be used to make peat lanterns, campfires and torches.

Combining 4 peat logs together makes a peat block, smelting a peat block creates Hardened Peat. Harmed peat can be made into Smooth Peat, Chiselled Peat, Peat Bricks, Cut Peat, Peat Pillar and Peat Tiles

Gortach

The Gortach are a new Undead mob. They spawn in swamps and peat bogs and resemble Bog bodies. They hide in dirt, mud, sand, gravel and peat and jump out of the ground to attack.

Gortach inflicts poison with their attacks. Gortach can carry swords, axes, and spears

Gortach drop their weapon, peat logs or Rotten flesh when killed

Spears

Spears are crafted either with one iron ingot and two sticks in a diagonal pattern, or are dropped by the Gortach

Spears are weaker than the sword but have a better reach, can be thrown (though this isn't good for their durability) and completely bypass shields and armour, hitting the opponent as if they had nothing at all

Spears have all the same enchantments as the Sword + Loyalty

Heather

Heather is a new purple flower exclusive to the Heather Moorlands. It gives purple dye when ground up.

The Highland Forest

Made up of rolling hills and Birch trees, all normal passive Mobs can spawn here, but sheep, goats,bees and cows are most common. All normal hostile Mobs can spawn here

Loch Lurkers (a rare UnderWater horse-like mob from the pond update) also spawn in the lakes here

Birch Updates

Yep. This is a secret Birch forest update.

A new form of Birch tree “Silver Birch” that grows much taller and has yellow leaves can be found here. This form gets its own sapling

The Birch block would also get a minor update to make the black segments more like stripes and not ugly blobs

Leave Updates, Packed Leaves and Thatching

Players and Mobs can now walk and fall through leaves.

When breaking leaves with anything other than shears or silk touch leaf blocks will drop leaf items (except wisteria and Spruce, which drop Petals and Needles)

By placing 9 of these in the crafting bench the player can create packed leaves, a new solid version of the leaf block

Thatching is a new block of greyish colour that is crafted with 6 wheat on the top and bottom and 3 leaves of any type in the centre of the crafting bench. Thatching looks the same as a Hale Bale, only without the string holding it together.

Goosegrass, Nettles, and Thistle

Goosegrass is a plant that grows in any forest, but is most common in the Highlands. Walking through goosegrass results in it sticking to you, taking up one of your unoccupied armour slots and slowing you down. Walking through it at all also slows you down, much like cobwebs, making this plant dangerous when fighting mobs

Nettles can only spawn in Dark oak and Highland forests. Nettles stay low to the ground, if they are walked on by a player they are inflicted with Poison. Nettles can be collected and made into a healthy soup

Thistles are a new type of two high flowers. They can be ground into purple dye. They hurt the player if walker through

Deer

Deer are a new mob found in all forested environments, much like Wolf's they have different textures depending on the biome

When killed, Deers drop Venison, a new edible meat

Like Goats, Deers will try to charge the player. Also like Goats, after hitting a block deer will drop and antler

Fog

Fog is a new weather type, lowering the amount the player can see for a short time and allowing a few Mobs to spawn, particularly endermen

Shelf Fungus

A new decorative block that grows on trees

Wildcats

Wildcats are a new ambient Mob, they share a model with Ocelots and Cats and they drop string when killed

The Mushroom Grotto

Oh yes. A new forest of giant mushrooms and mycelium. This biome is very rare. The Mobs that Spawn here will be discussed later

Mushroom Wood

Much like the nether mushrooms, overworld mushrooms are now a woodtype. The mushroom stem can be stripped and converted into all wood blocks. Mushroom wood is white in colour.

New Mushrooms

Yep. There is now a mushroom for every colour of dye in the game. Mushrooms can also now be ground into dye

Here's what all those mushrooms could look like (minus brown and red of course):

(Note: this is based on design, not colour)

Before moving on, sniffers don't just get the Crann Bethadh Sprout. They get a new plant for every dye type in the game

Plus, they can dig up two new mushrooms exclusive to them, when ground these mushrooms become two new dye types… Well, not quite. They Become Rose Dye and Spring Green Dye, the two removed wool colours. This is the only way to get these mushrooms and these dyes. This would make the sniffer more worth the work put in to get one and create a lot of more strange decoration choices

Here's what they COULD look like (note: again, colours don't line up)

Mushroom bricks

Smelting the Mushroom blocks (not the stem, the block itself) creates mushroom bricks: multicoloured bricks taking on the patterning of the mushroom used to make them

Mushroom bricks can be made into stairs, slabs and walls

Puffball Mushrooms and Faerie Rings

Both exclusive to the mushroom forest.

Puffball mushrooms are brown in colour and are plants that stay on the ground, when walked over they release spores that inflict harmful status effects such as Poison, blindness, slowness, weakness, nausea, lethitatvia, and mining fatigue

Faerie Rings are Rings of mushrooms that take up one block on the ground (they also come in all colours)

If a player steps on one it is like they are walking through cobwebs, and upon getting out they will be inflicted with slowness.

If a mob steps in one they completely freeze and their AI is disabled until they are knocked out or the ring is broken.

This would help allow players to use Mobs as decoration without lagging there game

New Structures

Bothies

A bothy is a public structure found typically in the Highlands, there small houses for folks to take shelter in.

Bothines can spawn in any woodland biomes, they'll appear as a simple wooden house. Inside Bothies will have a chest with low level loot and a bed.

Occasionally, suspicious sand,mud, gravel or snow will spawn outside the bothy (depending on the biome), these typically have low level loot but items such as armour Trims or record disks can be dug up

Stone Works

Based on the numerous palaeolithic celtic stoneworks,these are small abiant structures spawning in the Dark Oak, Highland and Wisteria forests, as well as Heather Moorlands, Snowy Tundras, Wetlands and Mushroom Grottos

There would be many variants of these structures resembling stone circles, stone henges, standing stones, stone portals and cobbled walls.

All of these are made from base stone blocks, though sometimes other blocks can be found like chalk flooring or trees/water spawning in the centre of a stone circle

Sometimes, though rarely, these structures could spawn with a “Stone Holder” a new block that holds a tool or weapon (similar to the myth of the sword and the stone) these can be moved with silk touch. The player can remove the weapon, which will always be made of iron (that's important for later) and could have some low-level enchamtmants

Occasionally, these can also structures spawn with suspicious dirt, which can be dug up with the brush. Pottery sherds are more common in these structures, but apart from that, they exist only as set dressing ;)

Castle Ruins

A more substantial ruin, Castle Ruins can spawn basically anywhere, but are most common in Highland forests.

Castle Ruins are winding structures, they have a Dungeon below with Gortach or Bog spawners in the cells. The main ruin itself is made up of narrow passageways, imagine a smaller version of the bastion.

There would be numerous loot chests around, but upon opening one, a new mob would be summoned called a ■■■■■■

This mob will be discussed later :)

The Beast's Lair

An underground structure most common under the mountains or Highland forests

Made up of narrow passages leading to open rooms filled with gold blocks, loot chests containing riches and even some new vaults. There's also a shocking amount of skulls littered around

And of course the new boss here: The Wyvern

The Wyvern is a draconic boss mob spawning only hear, it has 4 legs and two wings and is bright red (Note: no. Wyvern never meant a dragon with only 4 limbs. That is a modern addition. Wyvern and dragons were different because of what they breathed)

The Wyvern is very powerful up close and can attack from far away with its poisonous breath

Upon its defeat the Wyvern will drop copious amounts of gold and emeralds that it ate, perhaps even some diamonds if your lucky

Faerie Mounds

Spawning exclusively in the Wisteria Forests, Highland Forests and Mushroom Grottos, these are small dirt hills with a spawner inside and a handful of loot chests

They are essentially fae Dungeons

The mobs that Spawn here will be: you guessed it, discussed later

Clochan + The Dubnos Tunnels

Clochans are typically just an abiant structures common in the Highlands, small cobblestone huts with nothing interesting about them.

But occasionally, they lead to something greater. Some of them spawn with holes leading to a second structure made up of 5 rooms, oriented in this pattern:

In the centre room are 5 stones, each baring a carving of one of the 5 element symbols (note: these are taken from the unused painting textures, with a new one added for wood), at the base of all these stones is a new kind of Vault “The Fae Vault” exclusive to this structure and the beast's lair

The carvings look like this:

The goal of this structure would be to go to each of the challenge rooms, each of with have there own stone with a carving, right click on said carving to indicate you have completed the room, and once all 4 rooms are complete return to the centre room to click on the craving that was not represented by one of the carvings in the other rooms. Getting this right results in the appearance of 5 Fae keys from the stones. These keys can be used on the fey vaults to claim the structures loot

Failure to complete the structure will be indicated by the carvings glowing Red and numerous waves of Mobs spawning

The challenge rooms each contain a challenge pertaining to their element: the fire room is filled with fire, the water room is flooded, the air room requires parkour, the earth room is a Maze and the plant room is filled with Sweet Berries, Goosegrass, Nettles, Thistles, Puffball mushrooms and Faerie Rings (yes I know mushrooms aren't plants, shush.)

On top of that, there are several spawners for the fae in this structure, with various types appearing to attack you. Though these spanners will be deactivated upon completing a room

(Note: carved stones can be moved with silk touch)

They fae Mobs that Spawn in these will be discussed later.

These structures would create unique challenges for the player and would bring more life to these biomes, encouraging exploration.

(Part 1/5)